Resetting Sudo User password on Linux Mint 18

Sometimes we set a complex password and forget it. If we have done that on Mint 18 we have a procedure to reset the password. In this article we will have a look at the procedure.

1. Power on your machine
2. While the system is booting hold the shift key to pause the system at GRUB.
3. Choose “Linux Mint 18 xxxxx 64 bit”
4. Press “e” to  edit the line.
5. Press “up” arrow or “Down” arrow to navigate to line that starts with “linux”
6. Goto the end of the current line, remove “ro quiet splash $vt handoff” and  append “rw init=/bin/bash”
7. Press “F10” key or “Crtl – x” to boot
8. The system will boot up to a administrative root shell without asking for a password
9. Type passwd <username>
10. Enter your new password and confirm
11. Reboot your machine
12. Try logging using your new password